Aborted Fetus flavoring? In PEPSI??

For those that can't read the article I c/p'd it for you. What do you think? Will you/do you support Pepsi?

LARGO, FL, March 5, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com)
- The Pepsi Company, which is set to release the new product Pepsi Next
in the coming weeks, is facing a more robust boycott as pro-life
activists protest the company use of cells derived from an aborted fetus
in flavor-enhancing research. But Pepsi has succeeded, with help from
the Obama Administration, in keeping its controversial operations from
consideration by its shareholders.

In a decision delivered Feb 28th, President Obama’s Security and
Exchange Commission (SEC) ruled that PepsiCo’s use of cells derived from
aborted fetal remains in their research and development agreement with
Senomyx to produce flavor enhancers falls under “ordinary business
operations.”

The letter signed by Attorney Brian Pitko of the SEC Office of Chief
Counsel was sent in response to a 36-page document submitted by PepsiCo
attorneys in January, 2012. In that filing, PepsiCo pleaded with the
SEC to reject the Shareholder’s Resolution filed in October 2011 that
the company “adopt a corporate policy that recognizes human rights and
employs ethical standards which do not involve using the remains of
aborted human beings in both private and collaborative research and
development agreements.”

PepsiCo lead attorney George A. Schieren noted that the resolution
should be excluded because it “deals with matters related to the
company’s ordinary business operations” and that “certain tasks are so
fundamental to run a company on a day-to-day basis that they could not
be subject to stockholder oversight.”

Debi Vinnedge, Executive Director of Children of God for Life, the organization that exposed
the PepsiCo-Senomyx collaboration last year was “appalled by the apathy
and insensitivity” of both PepsiCo executives and the Obama
administration.

“We’re not talking about what kind of pencils PepsiCo wants to use – we
are talking about exploiting the remains of an aborted child for
profit,” she said. “Using human embryonic kidney (HEK-293) to produce
flavor enhancers for their beverages is a far cry from routine
operations!”

PepsiCo also requested the resolution be excluded because it “probed too
deeply into matters of a complex nature upon which shareholders cannot
make an informed judgment.”

“In other words, PepsiCo thinks its stockholders are too stupid to
understand what they are doing with the remains of aborted children,”
Vinnedge stated. “Well they are about to find out just how smart the
public really is when they turn up the heat on the world-wide boycott!”

Oklahoma Senator Ralph Shortey has proposed a bill SB1418 banning the
sale of products that are developed with or contain aborted fetal
remains. In the case of Pepsi products, the cells derived from the
aborted fetus do not end up in the final product.

“We commend the Senator for his courageous move,” noted Vinnedge. “The
public is already saying no thanks to all Pepsi beverages and Pepsi Next
is just that – the “next” product to avoid!”

To date, the world-wide boycott has expanded to include Canada, Germany,
Poland, UK, Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Portugal, Australia and New
Zealand.

For those that can't read the article I c/p'd it for you. What do you think? Will you/do you support Pepsi?

LARGO, FL, March 5, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com)
- The Pepsi Company, which is set to release the new product Pepsi Next
in the coming weeks, is facing a more robust boycott as pro-life
activists protest the company use of cells derived from an aborted fetus
in flavor-enhancing research. But Pepsi has succeeded, with help from
the Obama Administration, in keeping its controversial operations from
consideration by its shareholders.

In a decision delivered Feb 28th, President Obama’s Security and
Exchange Commission (SEC) ruled that PepsiCo’s use of cells derived from
aborted fetal remains in their research and development agreement with
Senomyx to produce flavor enhancers falls under “ordinary business
operations.”

The letter signed by Attorney Brian Pitko of the SEC Office of Chief
Counsel was sent in response to a 36-page document submitted by PepsiCo
attorneys in January, 2012. In that filing, PepsiCo pleaded with the
SEC to reject the Shareholder’s Resolution filed in October 2011 that
the company “adopt a corporate policy that recognizes human rights and
employs ethical standards which do not involve using the remains of
aborted human beings in both private and collaborative research and
development agreements.”

PepsiCo lead attorney George A. Schieren noted that the resolution
should be excluded because it “deals with matters related to the
company’s ordinary business operations” and that “certain tasks are so
fundamental to run a company on a day-to-day basis that they could not
be subject to stockholder oversight.”

Debi Vinnedge, Executive Director of Children of God for Life, the organization that exposed
the PepsiCo-Senomyx collaboration last year was “appalled by the apathy
and insensitivity” of both PepsiCo executives and the Obama
administration.

“We’re not talking about what kind of pencils PepsiCo wants to use – we
are talking about exploiting the remains of an aborted child for
profit,” she said. “Using human embryonic kidney (HEK-293) to produce
flavor enhancers for their beverages is a far cry from routine
operations!”

PepsiCo also requested the resolution be excluded because it “probed too
deeply into matters of a complex nature upon which shareholders cannot
make an informed judgment.”

“In other words, PepsiCo thinks its stockholders are too stupid to
understand what they are doing with the remains of aborted children,”
Vinnedge stated. “Well they are about to find out just how smart the
public really is when they turn up the heat on the world-wide boycott!”

Oklahoma Senator Ralph Shortey has proposed a bill SB1418 banning the
sale of products that are developed with or contain aborted fetal
remains. In the case of Pepsi products, the cells derived from the
aborted fetus do not end up in the final product.

“We commend the Senator for his courageous move,” noted Vinnedge. “The
public is already saying no thanks to all Pepsi beverages and Pepsi Next
is just that – the “next” product to avoid!”

To date, the world-wide boycott has expanded to include Canada, Germany,
Poland, UK, Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Portugal, Australia and New
Zealand.

That is highly disturbing. I'd like to know how it is used exactly, and why they feel it was necessary to be used. Especially because I read it isn't (thankfully) in the final product. How and why is this beneficial to something we consume?

That is highly disturbing. I'd like to know how it is used exactly, and why they feel it was necessary to be used. Especially because I read it isn't (thankfully) in the final product. How and why is this beneficial to something we consume?

"Does your Pepsi taste as good now? How about your Kraft Mac and Cheese? Or Your Nestle Lean Cuisine meal?

The above companies (Pepsi, Kraft, and Nestle), have all partnered
with a company named Senomyx, who use kidney cells from aborted human
embryos to test flavorings that go into the foods you buy. [Source]"

"Does your Pepsi taste as good now? How about your Kraft Mac and Cheese? Or Your Nestle Lean Cuisine meal?

The above companies (Pepsi, Kraft, and Nestle), have all partnered
with a company named Senomyx, who use kidney cells from aborted human
embryos to test flavorings that go into the foods you buy. [Source]"

Barf* I am lost on how companies even get ahold of fetuses? It's medical waste, shouldn't it be biohazarded and burned? And do these women sign off on it being used for testing or once it's waste it's free game? I mean if I were in an accident and lost my leg, I wouldn't want some company able to pick it up and do as they please with it. I am lost on this..... But still BARF*

Barf* I am lost on how companies even get ahold of fetuses? It's medical waste, shouldn't it be biohazarded and burned? And do these women sign off on it being used for testing or once it's waste it's free game? I mean if I were in an accident and lost my leg, I wouldn't want some company able to pick it up and do as they please with it. I am lost on this..... But still BARF*

When i first read this i thought maybe the OP was crazy, but google backs this up. How did Pepsi discover that these cells would make good flavor? How is it possible that they can buy fetus cells cheap enough to put in drinks and still make so much money? If its supply and demand then somewhere there is a massive stockpile of fetus parts waiting for a buyer at any price. Shows where Obama stands on human rights, and so close to election. Makes you wonder how much money is involved and if the White House serves Pepsi or Coke.

When i first read this i thought maybe the OP was crazy, but google backs this up. How did Pepsi discover that these cells would make good flavor? How is it possible that they can buy fetus cells cheap enough to put in drinks and still make so much money? If its supply and demand then somewhere there is a massive stockpile of fetus parts waiting for a buyer at any price. Shows where Obama stands on human rights, and so close to election. Makes you wonder how much money is involved and if the White House serves Pepsi or Coke.

I'm with pp on the Soylent Green factor, but hate to see pro-life groups jump on board and use it as a crusade. Yeah, there's a total 'yuck' factor here, but let's not use this to start the whole abortion debate again from the ground up, ya know?

I'm with pp on the Soylent Green factor, but hate to see pro-life groups jump on board and use it as a crusade. Yeah, there's a total 'yuck' factor here, but let's not use this to start the whole abortion debate again from the ground up, ya know?

Cat_Woman, they're not putting the remains in the drink (that would be illegal). They've taken a few cells from an aborted fetus, and cultured them into a substance with which they can test their flavors. Still weird, but you're not drinking fetus juice.

Cat_Woman, they're not putting the remains in the drink (that would be illegal). They've taken a few cells from an aborted fetus, and cultured them into a substance with which they can test their flavors. Still weird, but you're not drinking fetus juice.

Yup, totally agree with you, not a pleasant thought at all, and I would personally not buy a product in which I was ingesting them. Only using them for testing....I'm not sure yet.

The problem is, I'm afraid most people don't think like you do and will not look that deeply into it at all, but just use it as a springboard to try to perpetuate the whole 'horrors of abortion' propaganda.

Yup, totally agree with you, not a pleasant thought at all, and I would personally not buy a product in which I was ingesting them. Only using them for testing....I'm not sure yet.

The problem is, I'm afraid most people don't think like you do and will not look that deeply into it at all, but just use it as a springboard to try to perpetuate the whole 'horrors of abortion' propaganda.

They have developed a robotic system (that uses aborted fetus kidneys as an integral part of it) that works as an artificial taste tester.

Instead of developing the whole food with the new flavoring and then releasing it to test taste groups of humans (which takes lots of money and time) they are able to run new flavor combinations through this machine and get relatively accurate read outs about whether the flavor would be worth continuing to develop.

There is absolutely no aborted fetus being used in the actual flavoring, nor will it end up in your food at all.

I have no real problem with it, but do wish aborted fetus were being put to better use in research, instead of just being used to test artificial flavorings.

They are not using aborted fetuses as a flavoring for the food.

They have developed a robotic system (that uses aborted fetus kidneys as an integral part of it) that works as an artificial taste tester.

Instead of developing the whole food with the new flavoring and then releasing it to test taste groups of humans (which takes lots of money and time) they are able to run new flavor combinations through this machine and get relatively accurate read outs about whether the flavor would be worth continuing to develop.

There is absolutely no aborted fetus being used in the actual flavoring, nor will it end up in your food at all.

I have no real problem with it, but do wish aborted fetus were being put to better use in research, instead of just being used to test artificial flavorings.

I don't know if it's a waste since I'm not sure of their practices. Maybe that is the most cost effective way to test things. I don't know, but I don't think they're secretly slipping cells into your beverages and Mac n' cheese.

I don't know if it's a waste since I'm not sure of their practices. Maybe that is the most cost effective way to test things. I don't know, but I don't think they're secretly slipping cells into your beverages and Mac n' cheese.

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